Christmas dinner chez moi

This year I am hosting a small Christmas gathering. Too many people means too much effort!

Our menu will be:

Aperitifs and a mezze plate of marinated cherry tomatoes and artichokes, olives, chunky avocado & chilli dip, and chilli marinated fetta.

A starter of smoked salmon (what else?).

A main of beef fillet.

Salads.

A frozen raspberry tiramisu.

Most of this menu involves assembly rather than lavish preparation - perfect :-)

Restaurant Review: Customs House (Brisbane)

I was lucky enough to be included in a special dinner at Customs House in Brisbane last week.

We were served a goat's cheese tart as starter and I had the Salmon Nicoise as my main. Alas I couldn't eat the dessert strudel as it contained almond flour, but it looked nice! My salmon was a little overcooked for my taste, but that may have had something to do with us starting dinner later than planned. We certainly enjoyed the wine on offer, and it was plentiful!

Customs House is on the Brisbane River and can be reached by RiverCat. It is a part of the University of Queensland and is an historic building. They offer facilities for functions and events and their website is fairly comprehensive.

We had a great evening.